Sharon Flanagan
Corporate and M&A Partner (Life Sciences and Technology Industries)
- Role
- Managing Partner - San Francisco Office at Sidley Austin LLP
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Managing Partner - San Francisco Office
May 1996 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
SHARON FLANAGAN represents technology and lifesciences companies in a broad range of merger and acquisition transactions, securities offerings and corporate governance matters. Notable transactions include- Representing Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, in its agreement to acquire Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a cash payment of $725 million, plus additional contingent payments of up to $1 billion based on achievement of certain milestones- Representing PayPal, Inc. in its acquisition of global payments company, Braintree for a cash payment of $800 million; and- Representing Roche Molecular Systems in its acquisition of Genia Technologies, a DNA sequencing company, for $125 million in cash and up to $225 million in contingent payments depending on the achievement of certain milestones.Consistently recognized for her work on a number of significant transactions, Sharon was recognized in the 20••••14 editions of Chambers USA in Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A. She has also been recognized in the 2011 through 2015 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Corporate Law and in 2012, she was named the Best Lawyers’ 2013 San Francisco Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year.” She was also recommended in Healthcare: Life Sciences, Capital Markets, and M&A in the Legal 500 US 2013. In addition, The American Lawyer named her as one of “45 Under 45” – “the best of the best among young women lawyers in the Am Law 200.” Sharon was named to the Daily Journal’s list of the Top 25 Women Corporate and Transactional Lawyers in California. In 2011, she was also named by Law360 as a Rising Star, earning her a spot as one of their 10 corporate finance rising legal stars under 40. In 2013, The Recorder recognized her as one of its Women Leaders in Technology Law.
Education
Harvard Law School
J.D.
1993 — 1996
Skills
- Ipo
- Corporate Law
- Securities Regulation
- Securities
- Securities Offerings
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers
- Mergers & Acquisitions
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